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struggle4progress

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Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:46 PM Sep 2

What Pritzker expects in Chicago in coming days [View all]

2 hours and 28 minutes ago

... "First, Donald Trump is positioning armed federal agents and staging military vehicles on federal property, such as the Great Lakes Naval base. It is likely those agents will be with ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security and other similarly situated federal agencies. Many of these individuals are being relocated from Los Angeles for deployment in Chicago," the governor said.

Pritzker said he expects agents are planning to "raid Latino communities and say they're targeting violent criminals" and that Trump "will be looking for any excuse to put active duty military on our streets, supposedly to protect ICE."

"We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois," Pritzker said.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=125150863

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Is Pritzker taking this to court? I hope vapor2 Sep 2 #1
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